Lecturers in Nigerian public universities have embarked on strikes 16 times since 1999. Cumulatively, the public universities have lost about 50 months of their academic calendar to these actions in the last 23 years. The reasons for the strikes generally relate to funding and salary issues. Nigeria has 217 licensed universities. The federal government runs […]
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Two familiar candidates will compete for the presidency amid some familiar problems but under a new electoral framework. Now that Nigeria knows the dates of its 2023 general elections and the key names that will feature on the presidential ballot, the countdown is well and truly underway. The presidential and legislative votes will be held […]
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Liberia: Bea Mountain Is Playing Game
It is unfortunate and highly incomprehensible that Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) that had contacted the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct sample test of water from the Marvoe and Mafa Rivers in Grand Cape Mount County to establish cause of death of several marine species and a dog would categorically reject and disagree with preliminary […]
Several Liberian women in Nimba County have benefited from a capacity building project on climate change through the Global Environmental Facility Small Grant Program. The project being funded by the UNDP small grant project (SGP) was implemented by the Community Sustainable Development Organization (COSDO). Women of Kpiekpoa Town in Nimba County benefited from the initiative. […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaian manufacturing industries to take advantage of the access to expanded markets created by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. President Akufo-Addo said one of the main challenges that have affected Africa’s industrialisation drive is the lack of access to expanded markets. He said economies […]
In continuation of its commitment to enlighten consumers of telecom services, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has taken its consumer enlightenment programme to communities in Nasarawa State to sensitise them about their rights, obligations and privileges. Also, the engagement was organised to enlighten telecom consumers on consumer-centric initiatives put in place by the Commission, which […]
The maiden edition of the Konga Mid-Year Shopping Festival, an annual promotion by Nigeria’s leading e-commerce giant, which kicked off last week, is witnessing massive interest among shoppers across the country. Checks reveal that the Konga website has received significantly increased visits since the month-long promotion went live on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. There has […]
A fire outbreak from a petrol-laden tanker that fell at the Polo roundabout in Jos, Plateau State has left one person dead while property worth millions of naira were destroyed. Among the property destroyed are parts of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Jos, the Jos Metropolitan Development Board shopping complex, the Oando […]
As Nigeria battles rising cases of cancer, medical experts have called on Nigerians to live a lifestyle that will promote healthy living. The medical experts who spoke at St.Mary Isolo Catholic Church 2022 Health Week, notes that fruits containing antioxidants and anti-inflammatory are the best to be used in the fight against cancer. The 2-day […]
With the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a southern Muslim as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, focus has shifted to those who are likely to emerge as his running mate. There are also fears that his running mate may be a Muslim from the North to enhance the chances […]
Indications of growing restiveness in the Electricity industry have emerged over Federal Government and Power sector operators’ alleged breach of Power Sector Reform Act, PSRA of 2005 which culminated in the privatisation of the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN in 2014. Vanguard gathered that the bone of contention is the […]
THE Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, has said that about 25,000 illegal pharmacy premises have been sealed across the country in the past eight years. This came as the council said it was working on accrediting more Faculties of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the country, thus bringing the total number of faculties to 30. […]
Accused of fraud, Vice Chancellor Ogundipe led the UNILAG Senate to declare Mr Babalakin, an alumnus of the university, a personal non grata. The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has moved against a former chairperson of the institution’s governing council, Wale Babalakin. At its meeting of December 22, 2021, the Senate, led by […]
Seplat Energy and Sahara Group, who this February launched non-binding bids for the stake are no longer in contention. Shell Plc will receive two final bids for its stake in its Nigerian joint venture this week from Tony Elumelu’s Heirs Holdings and local firm ND Western Limited, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people close to the […]
Thousands of Nigerians, mostly women and girls, are raped annually with some of the victims being people living with disabilities. If only Sarah Ajayi knew Bayo wanted to take advantage of her disability, she would have prevented any form of relationship between them. Bayo was like a messiah and friend to the visually impaired Sarah. […]
Locals who fled from Kwari village in Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina have said that over 80 people were kidnapped by bandits who invaded the community and set their food barns and local shops on fire. The over 2000 villagers who were now taking refuge at a primary school in Jibiya town, said among […]
Monrovia — FrontPageAfrica has gathered that the Petroleum Importers Association and the Liberian government have reached an agreement for an increment in the price of petroleum products to be commensurate with the global cost. This agreement comes days after drivers in Monrovia and its environs were left stranded for gasoline while importers deliberately hoarded the […]
It was an intriguing scene at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Dakar on Tuesday night as Rwanda held African champions Senegal for 97 minutes until Liverpool talisman Sadio Mane converted a 98th minute to hand them the maximum points after a clumsy challenge on Ciss Saliu by Ange Mutsinzi. Despite the defeat, the Amavubi gave […]